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  • Re: Ripped CV Boots

    Max/Joyce Wellhouse · Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:00:46 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    It's been my expeerience that the aftermarket CV boots don't last nearly as lonhg as the original equipment from VW. Surely some...

  • Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?

    Bill Davidson · Tue, 3 Oct 2000 08:16:49 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...a cut boot allows dirt, sand, etc. into the joint. If you find a cut boot soon enough the CV joint will not be...

  • Re: cv joint question

    Stuart Fedak VE3SMF · Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:16:43 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ref: "Also if my boots arent torn should I reuse them?" � All torn CV boots should be replaced.� The leading cause of premature CV...

  • CV Boot

    Stan Wilder · Fri, 11 May 2001 07:15:23 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    I'm getting ready to perform a routine CV inspection and I'll be replacing the boots when I clean and relube the CVs...

  • CV boot quality

    Jake Beaulieu · Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:06:43 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    I am replacing the worn CV joints on my 82 air cooled Westy. The boots seem to be in pretty good shape, but they...

  • Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?

    Mick Kalber · Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:55:06 -1000 · Mailing-list archive

    ...a cut boot allows dirt, sand, etc. into the joint. If you find a cut boot soon enough the CV joint will not be...

  • Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

    Scott Daniel - Turbovans · Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:19:50 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    I confess that I have had a split inner CV joint boot on my Mercedes car for the last 24 years.. and I just...

  • Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

    Jeff Schwaia · Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:06:38 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    Not sure if they make a leather boot for type 4 CV joints, but they do make a leather "quick fix" boot: http://www...

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  • CV boot

    Protective covering for the CV joint

  • Boot

    A protective covering for the CV-joint

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